Ralph Vaughan Williams

Life

Born: 1872, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire

Died: 1958, London

Biography

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List of choral works

• For works at CPDL sorted alphabetically by title, see Ralph Vaughan Williams compositions

Anthems and Service Music

Lord, Thou hast been our refuge Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C

O clap your hands O how amiable - (1934)

O praise the Lord of Heaven O taste and see - (1952)

Christmas Works

And all in the morning Fantasia on Christmas Carols

Joseph, lieber Joseph mein Sussex Carol

This is the truth (excerpt from Fantasia on Christmas Carols) Wither's Rocking Hymn

Hymn Tunes

The Call Dilwyn Down Ampney (Come down, O Love divine) Forest green Gosterwood Kingsfold

King's Lynn King's Weston (1925, but festival service version ©1927)(see ChoralWiki:Texts_of_works_not_yet_added#At the Name of Jesus) Lasst uns erfreuen (All creatures of our God and King) Monk's gate Randolph Resonet in laudibus

Shipston Sine nomine Sussex Ye watchers and ye holy ones

Partsongs and folksongs

Mixed Voices

Alister McAlpines lament Bushes and briars Ca' the yowes Come away, death Fain would I change that note

Five English Folksongs The Dark Eyed Sailor The spring time of the year Just as the tide was flowing The Lover's Ghost Wassail song Linden Lea Love is a sickness

Rest Ring out your bells Three Elizabethan Partsongs Sweet day The Willow Song O Mistress mine The Turtle Dove

Male Voices

• Ward, The Pirate

Other Secular Works

• Let us now praise famous men
• Serenade To Music

List of solo vocal works

The House of Life, A Cycle of six Sonnets (1903) on poems by Dante Gabriel Rossetti Love-Sight. Andante con moto ma non troppo (A major) Silent Noon. Largo sostenuto (E♭ major) Love's Minstrels. Lento (D major) Heart's Haven. Lento ma con moto (E major) Death in Love. ALlegro maestoso (C major) Love's last gift. Andante con moto (F major) Songs of Travel (1905, 1907, 1912 and 1960), for Solo Baritone, with piano acc., set to poems by Robert Louis Stevenson The Vagabond Let beauty awake The Roadside Fire Youth and Love In dreams The infinite shining heavens Whither Must I Wander? Bright is the ring of words I Have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope - ( ©1960 - not public domain - find out why. ) Five Mystical Songs (1911), for Solo Baritone, Chorus (ad lib) and Orchestra, set to poems by George Herbert Easter: Rise heart; thy Lord is risen I got me flowers Love bade me welcome The Call: Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life Antiphon: Let all the world in every corner sing

Four Hymns: (1920) for tenor and piano (or strings) with viola obbligato Lord! Come Away! Who is this fair one? Come Love Come Lord. Evening Hymn. Merciless Beauty three rondels for tenor, two violins and cello (1922) Four Poems by Fredegond Shove: for baritone and piano (1925): Motion and Stillness Four Nights The New Ghost The Water Mill Two Poems by Seumas O'Sullivan (1925) The Twilight People A Piper; Three Songs from Shakespeare (1925) -Not to be confused with Three Shakespeare Songs (1951) for SATB a cappella Take, O take those lips away When icicles hang by the wall Orpheus with his lute 3 Poems By Walt Whitman (1925) (Walt Whitman) Nocturne A clear midnight Joy, shipmate, joy! She's like the swallow (?1934? access to files removed due to copyright reasons)

Works at CPDL

Alister McAlpines lament All creatures of our God and King And all in the morning Bright is the ring of words Bushes and briars Ca' the yowes The Call The Call - Come my way Come away, death Come down, O Love divine The Dark Eyed Sailor Death in Love Dilwyn Down Ampney Easter Fain would I change that note Fantasia on Christmas Carols Forest green Gosterwood Heart's Haven I got me flowers In dreams

The infinite shining heavens Joseph, lieber Joseph mein Just as the tide was flowing King's Lynn Kingsfold Let all the world Let beauty awake Let us now praise famous men Linden Lea Lord, Thou hast been our refuge Love bade me welcome Love is a sickness Love's last gift Love's Minstrels Love-Sight The Lover's Ghost Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C Monk's gate O clap your hands O Mistress mine O praise the Lord of Heaven Orpheus with his lute

Randolph Resonet in laudibus Rest Ring out your bells The Roadside fire She's like the swallow Shipston Silent Noon Sine nomine The spring time of the year Sussex Sussex Carol Sweet day Three Elizabethan Partsongs The Turtle Dove The Vagabond Ward, The Pirate Wassail song Whither must I wander? The Willow Song Ye watchers and ye holy ones Youth and Love

 
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External links

• Works by Ralph Vaughan Williams in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams Society
• List of Vaughan William's complete works
• Texts at Lieder.net